ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,368, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to HORIBA ADVANCED TECHNO Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Liquid analysis device and sensor unit" was invented by Manabu Shibata (Kyoto, Japan), Yuichiro Komatsu (Kyoto, Japan) and Hiroki Minowa (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention reduces a running cost in a liquid analysis device and reduces electromagnetic noise superimposed on an analog signal. The present invention includes a sensor portion configured to contact a liquid and output an analog signal corresponding to a predetermined measurement target item, a conversion portion configured to convert the analog signal obt...